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11-06-2024, 09:59 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread Chaos & Confusion in Programming Modifications

You could just deadlift and ohp until you have a squat stand. That's 75% of the way to doing the programme, as against your current 1%

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11-05-2024, 12:18 PM

biggah_traps replied to a thread How should chinups be programmed in the advanced novice LP once you can do 20 chins? in General Q&A

Chin up, not pull up (it does make a difference). It never struck me as strange as the weight I can chin up has always been more than I can bench...

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11-04-2024, 08:27 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread How should chinups be programmed in the advanced novice LP once you can do 20 chins? in General Q&A

Would you call benching 260 for 5 (and going up weekly) a problem in isolation or only because of the amount of weight I chin? If the former, fair...

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10-31-2024, 12:57 PM

biggah_traps replied to a thread Strange incident while power cleaning in General Q&A

You know how bros do little quarter squats and call it a squat? He must've thought the front squat was the hard part of a clean (having never done...

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10-30-2024, 08:04 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread Strange incident while power cleaning in General Q&A

I didn't look, but the old boy must've been 60 or so. Bit old for tiktoks I -think- he thought a power clean was a failed full clean. So I...

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10-28-2024, 05:23 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread Strange incident while power cleaning in General Q&A

Pretty sure that would've killed him

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10-27-2024, 06:17 AM

biggah_traps started a thread Strange incident while power cleaning in General Q&A

Hi all, Had a strange incident today that I thought I might share. I was power cleaning, work weights was 120 kg for 10 singles. As I'm warming up...

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10-14-2024, 09:51 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread How should chinups be programmed in the advanced novice LP once you can do 20 chins? in General Q&A

I have tried it and have reached +80 lbs for 5 at 190 lbs. That's slightly more than I can bench

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10-13-2024, 06:59 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread How should chinups be programmed in the advanced novice LP once you can do 20 chins? in General Q&A

No, I mean linearly progressed for sets of 5. So 3 sets of 5 at +20lbs on Monday, 3 sets of 5 at +22.5 lbs on Friday, 3 sets of 5 at +25 lbs next...

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10-12-2024, 10:51 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread Bodyweight dips after we can do 30+ reps? in General Q&A

I personally do sets of 5 progressively overloaded chin ups like any other lift. So I did 3 sets of 5 while on LP, jazz them up slightly now I'm post...

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10-12-2024, 10:40 AM

biggah_traps replied to a thread How should chinups be programmed in the advanced novice LP once you can do 20 chins? in General Q&A

So do you now think weighted chins should be programmed like the barbell lifts, with progressively overloaded sets of 5? That's how I've always...

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